Rural Life
Cheap meat: At what true cost?
“Meat is too cheap” is a stark comment made by the German Agriculture Minister. In an interview with Reuters, Julia Kloeckner...
Germany
Rural Life
Over 1,000 employees in German meat plant test positive for Covid-19
Germany’s Covid-19 transmission rate has risen sharply following outbreaks in meat processing plants among other areas, according to health authorities...
Sponsored
Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Agri-Business
Germany grants access to seasonal workers amid farm labour shortage
Germany is set to allow some 80,000 seasonal workers enter the country from eastern Europe amid a shortage of farm...
Rural Life
German farmers plan for Berlin tractor protest next week
A group of German farmers has called for further rallies to counter what it says are the current environmental and agricultural...
Rural Life
German farmers take to roads in extensive tractor protests
German farmers are the latest primary producers to take to the roads in protest in a number of locations around...
Agri-Business
Dawn Farms announces German acquisition
Dawn Farms has announced that it has acquired Haas GmbH, a cooked meats specialist in Nonnweiler-Otzenhausen, Saarland, Germany. Established in...
Rural Life
World War II bomb explodes in field - leaving 10m crater
A crater left by a World War II bomb was discovered in a field in Germany on Sunday evening, June...
Rural Life
Cows die on German farm following overnight release
Four cows have died with up to 40 others in severe difficulty on an organic dairy farm in Germany, due...
Sponsored
Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Tillage
German grain production almost 25% less than last year
German grain production is at its lowest since 1993. The German Farmers’ Association (DBV) has estimated a 22% drop in...
Tillage
Drought-hit Europe sees harvest figures plummet
Farmers across Europe are witnessing an extremely tight harvest this year, with drought conditions crippling produce across the continent, according...
Agri Politics
'CAP must be protected': Creed meets German Minister for Agriculture
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed today met with his German counterpart – Federal Minister for Food...
Machinery
Pics: A new Deutz-Fahr tractor off the line every 12 minutes
After three years of planning and construction, the new Deutz-Fahr tractor factory – the so-called ‘Deutz-Fahr Land’ – is now producing...
Machinery
Claas to build new €15 million machinery test centre
Machinery giant Claas will build a major new equipment test centre at its base in Harsewinkel, Germany. The new facility will “significantly...
Machinery
Chart: Fendt holds 4 of the 5 top positions in German tractor rankings
Registration statistics in Germany, for 2016, show that four Fendt tractor models are among the top-five models (of all brands)...
Sponsored
Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Agri-Business
Taoiseach drives Irish beef promotion in Germany
Bord Bia engaged the support of Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Germany over recent days to promote Ireland’s new beef campaign. The...
Dairy
Dairy cow numbers falling in Germany
Dairy cattle numbers in Germany are dropping, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the UK has reported. The...
Agri-Business
Demand for Kerrygold sees Ornua invest €10m in German expansion
Ornua has announced that it is further expanding its German business, with the commencement of a €10m extension of its...
Beef
Irish ‘wholesome and juicy’ beef a hit in German steakhouses
One German steakhouse chain has declared Irish beef to be ‘wholesome and juicy‘, on the back of Bord Bia’s new beef...